Permissive SMTP Servers?

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All of the ISPs to which I subscribe have SMTP mail
server security rules that require me to access their
outbound mail server through one of their dial-up or DSL
ports, not from afar.

Does any ISP sell somewhat more permissive SMTP service
that I can use while traveling on the road and using
unaffiliated Wi-Fi ports?

A dedicated Outlook user, I hate webmail.

T-Mobile's new Wi-Fi service in Starbucks is not equipped
with an SMTP server.
 
Jim Olson said:
All of the ISPs to which I subscribe have SMTP mail
server security rules that require me to access their
outbound mail server through one of their dial-up or DSL
ports, not from afar.

Does any ISP sell somewhat more permissive SMTP service
that I can use while traveling on the road and using
unaffiliated Wi-Fi ports?

A dedicated Outlook user, I hate webmail.

T-Mobile's new Wi-Fi service in Starbucks is not equipped
with an SMTP server.
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Your own ISP may permit off-domain access to their SMTP server if you
authenticate to it. Youcan configure Outlook to reuse the username and
password that was used for the POP connection, or you can specify the
username and password needed for the separate SMTP authentication. Some
ISPs will also make you use non-standard settings when connecting to
their SMTP server from off domain, like SPA (secure password
authentication), SSL enabled on the POP and/or SMTP connects, and
non-standard port numbers. Although they do not allow off-domain access
to their SMTP server, they may allow off-domain access if you
authenticate to their SMTP server.

There is another issue, however, that the mobile ISP that you use may
not permit you to relay SMTP requests across their network to an SMTP
server on another domain. However, if your mobile ISP doesn't have any
SMTP server, I would think that they would have to expect their users to
find an SMTP server somewhere else.
 
Thanks, Vanguard. You have given me the vocabulary I
need to talk with my primary ISP.

Normally they blow off any subscriber inquiry that can't
be answered from the script taped to the tech support
person's telephone.
 
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